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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 October 2005 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Hurdling | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 400m hurdles: 50.00 (Lima, 2024) NU20R Indoors 400m: 47.19 (Glasgow, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Sam Lunt (born 23 October 2005) is a British hurdler. [1]
From Eastham, Merseyside, he attended Neston High School. He was a keen footballer in his youth before focusing on athletics. A member of Wirral Athletics Club, he set a new under-17 British record in the 400m hurdles with a times of 51.83 seconds, and then 51:55 seconds, in consecutive weeks in July 2022. [2] [3]
In February 2023, he reached the semi-finals in the 400 metres at the senior 2023 British Indoor Championships as a 17 year-old. [4]
He was a finalist in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem. [5] He won gold in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the same event. [6] [7]
He competed at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024 in the men's 400 metres hurdles. He qualified for the final with a run of 50.00 seconds, a British national U20 record. [8] In the final, he placed fifth overall, running 50.29 seconds. [9]
In October 2024, he was nominated by Athletics Weekly for best British male junior. [10] In November 2024, he was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025. [11] He was named in the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou. [12] He made his senior international debut in the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay, alongside Josh Faulds, Emily Newnham and Nicole Yeargin as the British quartet won their heat to qualify for the final and secure a place for Britain at the 2025 World Championships. [13] On 2 August, he qualified for the final of the 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham. [14]
